Wheel.



H. 0. SHOCKLEY.

WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED MMM, 1912.'

Patented Jan. 21, 1913.

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HARLW'ORVILLE SHOCKLEY, 0F DARLINGTON, WISCQNSIN.

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Application flied may r4, 1912.v serial Nofeeres.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, HARLoW O. SHocKLEY, a'citizen of the .United States, residing at Darlington, in the countyof Lafayette and State of Wisconsin, have invent-ed a new and useful Wheel; and I do hereby declare the an improved wheel of this nature in which essential combinations of features are involved, and having desirable and practical improvements over the patent to H. O. Shockley No. 1,022,887 ,patented April 9th,l 1912.

The invention comprises further features `and combination of parts, as hereinafter" set forth', shown in the drawings and claimed.

ln the drawings, a single sectional View of the improved wheel is illustrated, which View embodies all of the various features of the wheel. p

Referring to the drawings 1 designates thevouter annular member of the sectional casino` which surrounds the neumatic cushion 2. This outer annular member is grooved to receive a portion of the pneumatic cushion, and is provided with sockets 32, in which the spokes 31 of the wheel are threaded. The sides 3 of the outer member 1 engage the pneumatic cushion. One side of the outer annular member is provided with a laterally extending portion which is threaded at 14, which portion is provided with an annular iiange 13, which is directed toward the center or the wheel.y Mounted upon thespindie d of the axle 5 is the hub member 6, which is constructed with an outwardly' extending lange 6a having outwardly extending annular shoulders 7, between which the groove S is constructed. This groove 8 receives the inner portion of the pneumaticcushion.

Clamped to the iiange 6F, by means of the bolts 29 and the nuts 30 are two annular plates-9a, the outer portions ci which are disposed odset from the flange 6, and constructed to tit' the outer portions of the lnular flange, said I arated portions o set laterally to lit and shoulders 7. Theseoft'set portions of said plates 9 are spaced apart at 'their outer por-` tions-,I to `receive the fiange 13, thereby vconstituting a guide therefor, As the air in the pneumatic cushion 2 is Aunder compression the lportions 9 of the plates 9a. move relatively with regard to the flange 13. The hub 6 is ,provided with threads 12, vto be engaged by the nut 11, which constitutes means for further securing the plates 9?' in place.- The spindle 4 is constructed with a threaded extension 25, on which a nut 28- is threaded to hold the hub upon the spindle,

there being a. washer 26 interposed between the nut 28 and the shoulder 27 of the spins dle. A guard ring 15 is threaded to the threads 14 ofthe laterally extending p01*-,

tion of the outer member 1. The guard ring 15 is provided with a laterally eX- tending annular hooked lip 16, which is engaged by a correspondingly shaped lip 17 of the guard plate or member 18. The guard ring 15 and guard member or plate 18 may be made of any suitable material, and may berigid or flexible. These guard members 15-and 18 act as guards to prevent dust from adhering to or Ending 'its way to the structure, namely, the portions 9 of the plates 9 and the iange 13, as well as the nuts 11 and 28. -Where .the guard members 15 and 18 connect together, and where the guard ring 15 is threaded to the threads 14, they may be rigid.

ln the drawings there has been disclosed certain features of construction, but in practical fields 'those features may necessitate alterations, to which the patentes is entitled, provided the alterations are comprehended within the scope oi. what is ciaimed.

From the foregoing itt will be noted that there has been devised an improved wheel having essential, desirable and practical eatures of construction.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is ln a vehicle wheel a hub member havino'A an annular flange terminating in an annular grooved portion, a pair of plates arranged adjacent one another and having openings fitting on the hub member against the anlates having outer sepconform to one of the sides of the outer grooved portion of -the annular flange, means for securing said plates to the annular flange, means threaded on the hub a'ainst said plates to assist in holding the p ates in position, an outer annular member having a grooved portion and provided with an annular flange angular in cross section 5 and offset from the outer annular member and disposed between theV outer separated portiolfs of said plates, to be guided thereby an ,annular pneumatic cushion interposed between the grooved portions of the first 10 flange and' the outer annular member, and

a Shield threaded to the vannular angular yname to 'this specification in the presence of two subscriblng witnesses.

HARLOW ORVILLE SHOCKLEY.

Witnesses:

C. F.-MCDANIEL, J. C. GATES. 

